At the outbreak of the Civil War, McClellan was sought by several northern states to lead their militia. An opponent of federal interference with slavery and a favorite of Confederate President ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac ... so the younger Johnston became a drummer boy -- a critical position during the Civil War that was responsible for much more than sheer ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

McClellan wasn’t a politician by trade ... His writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Conversation, Civil War Monitor, Zocalo Public Square, and The Washington Post ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to ... During the Peninsular Campaign in Virginia—Gen. George B. McClellan’s initial, unsuccessful assault on Richmond in the ...

On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic ... Museum of American History Buckskin coat National Museum of American History George McClellan's forage cap National ...

Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes ... succeeding his friend George McClellan. He grew up in Indiana and attended West Point.

It's almost time to grab your lunch and head to the Fort Concho Commissary to be enlightened about a vanished author, ...